Wednesday, June 30, 2004
Shh ! Be Vewy Vewy Quiet ! I'm Hunting Vacumm Cleanews !
We’ve started the great Vacuum Cleaner hunt last night. Armed with pamphlets, a wattage comparison chart and a list of tools downloaded from the Internet, we took on the might of Curries and Comet.
We Lost.
Here is an actual conversation with the staff at one of those stores.
Staff : Can I help you? (after looking at a various models for about twenty seconds)
Me :What are the special features of this model ?
Staff : Well, it’s bagless, it has tools and it’s £230.
Me Pointing to another model: and this one?
Staff : Erm … it’s bagless, it has tools and it’s £220.
Me: What the difference between the two ?
Staff : about £10 pounds ?
Well give him some credit, at least he could subtract. When pressed on technical issues like the capacity of the bin, the power of the machine, he called over his mates who he then had a heated debate with. The conclusion they came up with was;-
1. It’s Bagless.
2. It has Tools.
3. It costs £230.
I could see that on the labels attached to it. The conclusion I’ve come to is DON’T ASK IF YOU CAN HELP ME WHEN YOU OBVIOUSLY CAN’T!
We Lost.
Here is an actual conversation with the staff at one of those stores.
Staff : Can I help you? (after looking at a various models for about twenty seconds)
Me :What are the special features of this model ?
Staff : Well, it’s bagless, it has tools and it’s £230.
Me Pointing to another model: and this one?
Staff : Erm … it’s bagless, it has tools and it’s £220.
Me: What the difference between the two ?
Staff : about £10 pounds ?
Well give him some credit, at least he could subtract. When pressed on technical issues like the capacity of the bin, the power of the machine, he called over his mates who he then had a heated debate with. The conclusion they came up with was;-
1. It’s Bagless.
2. It has Tools.
3. It costs £230.
I could see that on the labels attached to it. The conclusion I’ve come to is DON’T ASK IF YOU CAN HELP ME WHEN YOU OBVIOUSLY CAN’T!
